Little Girl On Stage With John L. Grimes and Tom Whitley With The Musical Steelmakers Band at Bond Drive in Fairmont, W. Va.
- Identifier:
- 048550
- Collection Number:
- A&M 3470
- Title:
- Little Girl On Stage With John L. Grimes and Tom Whitley With The Musical Steelmakers Band at Bond Drive in Fairmont, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1943
- Description:
- John L. Grimes was advertising executive of Wheeling Steel Corporation and was responsible for the creation of the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast in 1936. Tom Whitley, the man hunched over, is the orchestra leader of the Musical Steelmakers of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. In 1941 the show was picked up by the National Broadcasting Company's Blue Network, as it grew in popularity. In 1943 the show took to the road throughout several cities in West Virginia to put on "Buy a Bomber" themed shows, where the host cities were challenged to buy enough enough Defense Bonds to purchase a medium or large sized bomber. Cities who accomplished the challenge would get their name placed on the plane as it flew to battle.
- Subjects:
- Radio broadcasting--West Virginia--Wheeling.
- Corporate Names:
- Wheeling Steel Orchestra., It's Wheeling Steel (Radio program)
- Acquisition Source:
- Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. Stoll, Richard E.
- Acquisition Method:
- Gift
- Medium:
- print
- Projects:
- West Virginia History OnView
